<s>
OsCommerce	B-Language
(	O
styled	O
"	O
osCommerce	B-Language
"	O
-	O
"	O
open	O
source	O
Commerce	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
e-commerce	O
software	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
any	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
that	O
has	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
OsCommerce	B-Language
was	O
started	O
in	O
March	O
2000	O
in	O
Germany	O
by	O
Harald	O
Ponce	O
de	O
Leon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
infancy	O
,	O
osCommerce	B-Language
was	O
referred	O
to	O
by	O
Ponce	O
de	O
Leon	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
side	O
thing	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
an	O
example	O
research	O
study	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2005	O
,	O
over	O
2000	O
websites	O
used	O
osCommerce	B-Language
,	O
and	O
in	O
2009	O
this	O
amount	O
grew	O
to	O
13,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
BuiltWith	O
reports	O
over	O
230,000	O
websites	O
powered	O
by	O
osCommerce	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
Holbi	O
Group	O
purchased	O
osCommerce	B-Language
from	O
Ponce	O
De	O
Leon	O
and	O
announced	O
their	O
intention	O
to	O
create	O
4.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
osCommerce	B-Language
v4	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
shopping	O
cart	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
Ecommerce	O
platform	O
on	O
25	O
July	O
2022	O
Major	O
differences	O
from	O
the	O
old	O
versions	O
was	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
latest	O
server	O
software	O
,	O
separation	O
of	O
code	O
and	O
design	O
,	O
osCommerce	B-Language
App	O
Shop	O
and	O
Apps	O
(	O
free	O
and	O
paid	O
)	O
,	O
introduction	O
of	O
multiple	O
sale	O
channels	O
,	O
multiple	O
design	O
templates	O
,	O
built	O
in	O
WYSIWYG	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
versions	O
and	O
Add	O
Ons	O
for	O
them	O
were	O
removed	O
from	O
osCommerce.com	O
as	O
they	O
were	O
made	O
obsolete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
osCommerce	B-Language
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
PHP	B-Application
based	O
Open	O
Source	O
shopping	O
cart	O
software	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
inspired	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
many	O
other	O
online	O
store	O
platforms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Magento	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
spawned	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
forks	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Zen	B-Language
Cart	I-Language
,	O
xt:Commerce	B-Language
,	O
oscMAX	O
and	O
Phoenix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2011	O
three	O
vulnerabilities	O
in	O
version	O
2.2	O
of	O
the	O
osCommerce	B-Language
system	O
were	O
exploited	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
an	O
iframe	O
and	O
JavaScript	O
code	O
to	O
infect	O
visitors	O
to	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OsCommerce	B-Language
2.3	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
November	O
2011	O
and	O
patched	O
the	O
exploited	O
security	O
holes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
demand	O
for	O
a	O
responsive	O
version	O
of	O
osCommerce	B-Language
2.3	O
increased	O
,	O
community	O
members	O
took	O
it	O
upon	O
themselves	O
to	O
develop	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
osCommerce	B-Language
2.3	O
(	O
BS	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
later	O
evolved	O
into	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
called	O
Phoenix	O
Cart	O
.	O
</s>
